Improvement in horse hay-fohks



No: 99,149, Patened May 18, 1999.-

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stent @time DANIEL s. BIGL'ER, or sIDDoNsroWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 90,149, dated Ma/y 18, 1869.

j IMPRQVEMENT nv Hanse HAY-Forms.

The Schedule referred to' in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

` To all whom @t ma/yconcern:

Be it known thatv I, DANIEL SLBIGLER, of Siddonstown, in the county of York, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newl and useful Improvement in Hay and Manure-Loaders; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which.- Y

Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my invention, with a sectional view of the fork-frame, the section of which is taken through the line a: a: of ig. 2.

` Figure 2 is a detail view of the iorkapparatus. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple land effective machine for loading hay or manure from the stack or manure-pile.

" It consists of the mechanism as herein set forth.

, In the drawings- A is a derrick-post, or upright, rising from the cross-beams B andO, which serve as a base for the post A.

D is an upright from the beam 'B, and vbears a sheave, M.

E is a bracket, strengthened bya brace, G. This bracket bears a sheave, 'L H is a derrick-beam surmountingy the post A, and

` bearingthe'sheaves I and J, one, on each side of the said post. y

The rope K, which lifts the lfork-apparatus, passes over the sheave AIl I J, and down and under the sheave M, and from thence extends along horizontally, ter-r minating Vin av single-tree, to which the draught-animal v is hitched.

rhe frame of the fork-apparatus consists of the side-pieces a. a, united by a cross-piece, b, from which rises an upright, d, terminating in a link, c, to which the rope` k is attached.

The ends of the vsaid.sidepiec -es are turned down to furnish suitable bearings for the rocking fork-heads e e,

the ends of which are `reduced or pivoted with metal gudgeons, which, resting in holes in the ends of the side-pieces, enable the said heads b to rock, or open and close the tines h h.

On the upright, (l, slides a runner, j, of metal preferably, which is connected, by rods f j, to the eyebolts, or arms m m, arising from the-upper side of the heads e.

The rods f f are loosely attached at either end,`so that when the runner j is moved up or down, the tines h will be opened or closed respectively.

A spring-catch, i, resembling an umbrenafcatch in its operation, is arranged to spring out through a slot in the runner, and lock the samey at the point where lines are pointed toward each other or closed, as shown.

vThe horizontal part of the catch passes through a lslot 0r hole in the upright, d, as shown, and is. connected with a tripping-line, l, running through a ring,

y,suitably located on the side-piece a of that side.

In operation, the apparatus is set up nearthe haystack vor manure-pile, leaving suicient space between for the Wagon to pass.

The base-beams are axed to the ground by iron stakes, or rods n passing through them, near the ends. A horse is hitched to the end of the rope K, and the fork-frame lowered into the hay-stack or pile.- The tiues are opened and thrust into the substance, when the runner is slid down, pushing the tines to the position shown in the drawing, in which position they grasp a quantity of the hay or manure, and hold it, for the catch i, having entered the slot, the runner is immovable. The horse is then driven forward, and the hay or manure is .raised to the requisite height to clear the wagon. The fork-apparatus is then swung over thel wagon, and the tripping-line l pulled, which liberates the tines, allowing them to open and discharge the hay or manure therefrom. i

I desire tobe understood as notlimiting the use of the fork-apparatus to its combination with the derrickapparatus, for it may be used in connection with other mechanism, or the rope K may pass over a pulley attaohed-fto a rafter, andthus be used for unloading hay.

Having thus described my invention,

. Y I claim Y,as new, and desire to secure by Letters .Patent- The forkhead, constructed, as described, of the curved side-pieces ail a, united by the cross-piece b, the rocking fork-heads e, carrying the tines h., the slotted upright d, rods f, slotted runner j, and spling-catch i, all arranged and operating as described, for the pure pose specified.

kDANIEL S. BIGLER.

Witnesses:

J onN KERNAN, WILLIAM MYERS. 

